Sentences with phrase «smaller piece of the pie»

In 2016, women got just 2.19 % of venture capital funding — a smaller piece of the pie than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 2012.

The downside of licensing is that you settle for a smaller piece of the pie.

Schylling: We initially contacted Warner Brothers with a larger product selection and quickly realized that, given the amount of interest in this property, we were going to have to pare it back and take just a small piece of the pie.

«I'd say they are going to be fighting very hard for the small piece of the pie that won't be owned by Facebook and Google.»

But in the grand scheme of the office's responsibilities, it is a relatively small piece of the pie.»

As they grow older, children behave less like Ernie and more like Bert — although they are not always happy when others get more, they would much rather give the bigger piece of pie to others than waste it, as long as the decision about who gets the smaller piece of pie comes from them rather than someone else.

But a big piece of a little pie is still a small piece of pie compared to a medium sized piece of a big pie.

These three training methods are just a small piece of the pie.

What we recommend for diabetics, is if someone's going to have a small piece of cake, or a small piece of pie, then you would cut back on the other carbohydrates in the meal.

More authors means a smaller piece of the pie for each author individually, so when someone defrauds the system, they are effectively stealing from every other author in that system — not Amazon, because they get their share before the fund size is set, just the authors.

Traditional publishing can boost one's career and provide validity — it has a value, but it also comes with a huge cost — a significantly smaller piece of the pie.

The book market is changing rapidly and it is time for the small publishers, authors and independent book sellers to unite to keep a small piece of the pie.

And so, that's why I love BookWorthy, because you can draw on all this experience of all these different individuals... I'm just one small piece of the pie... Who bring all this experience to bear, and can help you avoid the freshman mistakes.

Obviously the big difference is that Google is portraying itself as wanting to just take a small piece of the pie and leave a lot for publishers and retailers.

Interestingly enough, the more successful the Kindle Owners» Lending Library becomes, the smaller the piece of the pie that each author receives, unless Amazon bumps the fund to match the growth.

Apple completely owns one and all non-Apple tablet vendors have to share space with each other which leaves a very small piece of the pie to fight over.

If Stock A is up by 50 % and Stock B is down by 50 %, then obviously Stock A is going to have a greater portfolio allocation then intended and Stock B is going to have a smaller piece of the pie than you'd like.

For many years personal investment brokers were touting the benefits of mutual funds because they were a managed investment vehicle in which you literally owned a small piece of a pie along with other members in the fund and you didn't really need to know anything about market movement.

Other brokers with similar programs generally do not disclose the market rates to you, which allows them to pay you a small piece of the pie while holding on to most of the profits.

2.8 percent is still a small piece of the pie for 7.0 and 7.1 Nougat, but at least it's much bigger than 1.2 percent in previous Android distribution data.

It is a valid argument, as the Pixel smartphones constitute a very small piece of the pie, at least at present.

We might've referred to it as a cheap parlour trick, and not the kind of thing that would spawn a family of devices and then take over the entire industry with clones and duplicates, all of which are looking for just a small piece of the pie Amazon has carved for itself with its nascent voice platform.

Or is the tax consideration a pretty small piece of the pie?

Not exact matches

While Eckstein's company is still small (especially when compared to huge Star Wars licensees like Lego and Hasbro), she is hoping to get a piece of that growing pie.

(That's still a relatively small piece of the overall investment asset pie — Vanguard alone has about $ 3 trillion in global assets under management — but it's not insignificant.)

First, he'll tell you that what the elite get may look like a lot of money, but it's still a small share of the total - that is, when all is said and done the rich aren't getting that big a piece of the pie.

It started with a combo lunch — buy a small salad and soup, get a piece of pie.

We have two small girls who will definitely want their «piece of the pie» for sure.

It comes down to survival of the fittest and trying to get a bigger piece of a smaller pie.

Cut small squares of foil so you can press a piece into each one, covering each mini pie shells.

ingredients CAULIFLOWER POTATO PUREE: 1 head garlic 3 tablespoons olive oil (divided) 2 pounds cauliflower (leaves removed, cut into florets) 1 medium yukon gold potato (peeled, cut into 1 - inch pieces) 1/2 cup reduced - fat sour cream 1 8 - ounce package frozen chopped spinach (thawed, squeezed of any excess moisture) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste) SHEPHERD»S PIE FILLING: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 pound ground chicken (50 % white meat, 50 % dark meat) 1 yellow onion (peeled, small dice) 2 carrots (peeled, small dice) 3 cloves garlic (peeled, minced) 1 tablespoon tomato paste 2 tablespoons rice flour 1 cup low sodium chicken stock 2 teaspoons Worcestershire 2 teaspoons thyme (leaves only, chopped) 1 teaspoon rosemary (leaves only, chopped) 1 cup frozen peas (thawed, drained) 1 8 - ounce package frozen chopped spinach (thawed, squeezed of any excess moisture) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

When baking pies, keep butter as hard and cold as possible to help trap the cold pieces of butter between the layers of dough to create small air pockets and a flaky crust.

Meanwhile, he's joining the Legislature in whacking up a $ 1.1 billion capital pork pie into hundreds of smaller pieces for dubious projects all over the place.»

Keep the cops happy and let them have a piece of the pie, a small piece.

In one episode of Sesame Street, Ernie takes a bigger piece of pie for himself and gives a smaller piece to Bert.

I mean, if I had two pieces of pie, I'd offer you the big piece and take the small one for myself.»

Knowing that piece of pie is rich and full of calories may make you more likely to enjoy every bite of a smaller serving, Smith suggest, instead of going with a much larger portion of the «lighter» version.

In this case, just 1 or 2 small squares of dark chocolate can many times satisfy your sweet tooth for only 30 or 40 calories as opposed to 500 calories for a piece of chocolate cake or a piece of pie.

1 ripe, but firm avocado, pitted and peeled 1 cup pumpkin puree, chilled 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1/3 cup sugar 1 13.5 - ounce can coconut milk, chilled 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon coconut butter, such as Nutiva coconut manna (optional) 5 sheets of Graham crackers, crushed into small pieces 4 dessert glasses or small jars

(I added a smaller heart - shaped piece of dough on top of each pie for decoration.)

«And while the pie is smaller, we still want to get a piece of it.»

This was a reducibly foolish argument: publishers are paying less for books, therefore the agent deserves a bigger piece of the smaller pie than the author of the book.

There are small and micro presses that will do everything the legacy publishers do and still give us a bigger piece of the pie.

They've educated themselves on the market and are turned off by bad contracts, lack of control, and a relatively small piece of the overall pie.

Another issue is that the Android tablet sector is fragmented and divided, with different companies all fighting one another over what is arguably a small piece of a very large pie - most of which belongs to Apple.

Many aspiring authors believe that platform is all about social media, but in fact Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Google + are only small pieces of the author platform pie.

The numbers show that his book is one of many that sit in a piece of pie so small, «how small is it, Todd.»

When you have a smaller group of people eating a bigger piece of the pie, aren't they each getting a bigger helping?

Given the positive growth prospects, most players will be happy to grab small pieces of an ever - expanding pie.

Essentially, you own a smaller piece of a more profitable pie.